The Predators defenseman wore a bandage on his right pinkie and a look of bewilderment on his face Wednesday night after he said he was bitten by Vegas' Pierre-Edouard Bellemare with 26 seconds left in the second period of Nashville's 2-1 victory at T-Mobile Arena.

Subban grabbed Bellemare by the head, trying to pull him off Predators goalie Juuse Saros, when Bellemare supposedly sank his teeth into Subban's finger.

Subban reacted with disbelief and had blood on his jersey as he headed to the bench. But not before Vegas' Ryan Reaves dropped his gloves and went after Subban, who was assessed four minutes' worth of penalties — two for roughing and two for unsportsmanlike conduct.

"He knows he bit me," Subban said. "I'm not trying to rip his head off. I'm not that type of player. All I tried to do was grab him. I grabbed him by the head to pull him up (off Juuse Saros) and he bit me. That’s it. I don't know how I walk out of there with four minutes in penalties.

"It wasn’t explained. They tried to apologize after the fact that they gave me four minutes in penalties. My finger is bleeding. I don’t know what you want me to do."

Rocco Grimaldi served one of the penalties for Subban, who retreated to the dressing room to have the finger bandaged and later started the third period in the penalty box.

"When you get bit — have you ever had someone bite your finger? It's completely unexpected," Subban said. "Refs are human. They don't have X-ray vision. But once there's evidence, there's blood — you're giving me more minutes in penalties for what? Because I reacted after a guy bit me?"

Bellemare saw things a bit differently.

“He started yelling that I bit him, I bit him,” Bellemare told the Athletic. “I don’t know what you have in your mouth, but if you put your hand all the way in at one point, and you pull up then you’re going to feel the teeth. I don’t know what the (expletive) he’s doing.”

The drama of “Bite-gate” continues. This is a real billboard in Las Vegas today.

Predators coach Peter Laviolette was equally as perplexed as Subban. He said he didn't initially see the confrontation. And when he asked officials, who in turn asked the linesmen, he was told nobody saw any biting.

"P.K. said he was bit in the hand. His finger was bleeding," Laviolette said. "After all that settles and you find out you're two minutes down (in penalties), you want an explanation."

Laviolette said he was told Subban initiated the scrum by roughing Bellemare.

"That was their interpretation," Laviolette said, adding that his interpretation was "not necessarily the same."

The Predators held on for the victory, thanks mostly to a career-high 47 saves by Juuse Saros.